Hands-On ZigBee Implementing 802.15.4 with Microcontrollers Embedded Technology Series

Since its recent introduction, the ZigBee protocol has created an enormous amount of buzz in venues from magazine covers to trade show floors to water coolers. Its promise of providing a simpler, cheaper, more power-efficient WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network) alternative to WiFi and Bluetooth has opened up new data collection possibilities in application areas from industrial controls to medical devices to intruder alarms. Yet, despite this widespread interest, there is still little information available that goes beyond detailing the spec itself. Missing from the current ZigBee lexicon is practical, application-oriented guidance from an expert, specifically geared to aid engineers in implementing this new technology. Enter respected designer and popular columnist Fred Eady! With his new book, Hands-On ZigBee, he provides the only comprehensive how-to ZigBee guide available.

1. Speaking the Language2. You Are Dangerous and You’re Going to Hell3. Keep Running4. A Loot At the ZMD 900 MHz IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee-Ready Radio5. Atmel Does IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee Too6. They Do Everything BIG in Texas7. Maxstream/Xbee8. Hopping Down the Bunny Trail9. Cirronet Adds Southern Flavor to IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee10. Silicon Laboratories 11. Renesas12. Freescale13. Panasonic14. DLP Design15. Microchip16. Telegesis17. Cypress MicroSystems’s CapSense

PRIMARY MARKET: Embedded System Developers, Designers, Programmers, Engineers and Hobbyists; Electrical, Computer and Network and Communications Engineers and Hobbyists; Network Technicians and IT Professionals

SECONDARY MARKET: Students, Technicians and Scientists involved in data collection, Industrial and Mechanical Engineers, Engineering Managers

As an engineering consultant, Fred Eady has implemented communications networks for the space program and designed hardware and firmware for the medical, retail and public utility industries. He currently writes a monthly embedded design column for a popular electronics enthusiast magazine. Fred also composes monthly articles for a popular robotics magazine. Fred has been dabbling in electronics for over 30 years. His embedded design expertise spans the spectrum and includes Intel’s 8748 and 8051 microcontrollers, the entire Microchip PIC microcontroller family and the Atmel AVR microcontrollers. Fred recently retired from his consulting work and is focused on writing magazine columns and embedded design books.